Elena Petrová

Elena Petrová, née Krupková (9 November 1929 – 10 April 2002) was a Czech composer. She was born in Modrý Kameň, and studied piano with Karel Hoffmeister and composition with Jan Kapr and Miloslav Istvan at the Janáček Academy of Music. After completing her studies, she taught music theory at the Charles University in Prague.

Works Petrová composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, stage and opera performance, choral and vocal works, and incidental music for ballets, television and radio. Selected works include:

Stage Slavík a růže (The Nightingale and the Rose), Ballet after Oscar Wilde (1969) Podivuhodná raketa (The Remarkable Rocket), Ballet after Oscar Wilde (1970) Slunečnice (Sunflower), Ballet after Ovid (1973) Kdyby se slunce nevrátilo (Should the Sun Not Return), a six-act opera after Si le soleil ne revenait pas... by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1982–1983)

Orchestral Symphony No. 1 (1968) Slavnostní předehra (Festive Ouverture) (1975) Symphony No. 2 (1976) Smutecní hudba (Mourning Music; Trauermusik) (1981) Passacaglia (1982) Slavnostní hudba (Festive Music) (1982) Symphony No. 3 (1990) Longing Odysseus

Chamber music Eklogy (Eclogues) for bass clarinet (1965) String Quartet No. 1 (1965) Sonata for viola and piano (1966) String Quartet No. 2 (1967) - received II. prize at the international competition in Philadelphia, 1968 Pět slovenských písní (5 Slovak Songs) for men's choir (1969) Vzývání (Invocation), Song Cycle for male chamber chorus (1977); words by the composer Tanbakzan, Melodrama for speaker and chamber chorus (1981) Komedie dell'arte for voice and piano (1991) Sluneční sonáta (Sunny Sonata) for soprano and piano (1992) Nářek královny Ningal (Mourning of Queen Ningal) for soprano and chamber chorus (1992) Oranžové vánky (Orange Breezes), Song Cycle for baritone and piano (2000); words by Federico García Lorca Akvarely (Watercolours), Song Cycle for men's choir Písně starého měsíce (Songs of an Old Moon) for soprano and chamber orchestra Žluté balady (Yellow Ballads) for voice and piano

Discography Česká soudobá hudba – Klavírní tvorba (Contemporary Czech Music – Piano Works) – Český Rozhlas CR 0124-2 231 (1999) Impromptus pro klavír (4 Impromptus for Piano); Jana Palkovská (piano) Due Boemi – Česká soudobá hudba (Due Boemi – Czech Contemporary Music) – Supraphon SU 811441-2; Panton 81 1441-2111 (1995) Invokace (Invocation) for bass clarinet and piano; Josef Horák (bass clarinet); Emma Kovárnová (piano)